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SXSW Interactive Hall of Fame Inducts danah boyd 

March 13, 2013
Posted by Rob Knies It’s no surprise, really, that danah boyd, senior researcher at Microsoft Research New England, has been named the second inductee into the South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival Hall of Fame.After all, boyd has established herself as one of the world’s…

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  1. SXSW Interactive Hall of Fame Inducts danah boyd 

    March 13, 2013

    Posted by Rob Knies It’s no surprise, really, that danah boyd, senior researcher at Microsoft Research New England, has been named the second inductee into the South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival Hall of Fame.After all, boyd has established herself as one of the world’s…

  2. Seeing Your World Through a Different Light 

    March 8, 2013

    As the saying goes: everything is bigger in Texas. And coming this weekend, March 8 to 10, there will be a couple of Texas-sized telescopes at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival in Austin. Housed in the mammoth NASA Experience Tent, a wall-sized display…

  3. Taking Science from the Specific to the General 

    March 7, 2013

    Posted by Rob Knies You might have heard of Drew Purves before. As head of the Computational Ecology and Environmental Science Group at Microsoft Research Cambridge, he has gained attention for a number of his projects, from modeling forest dynamics to FetchClimate, that use big…

  4. Melding the Physical and the Virtual with Big Data 

    March 7, 2013

    Posted by Rob Knies Many businesses and individuals talk a mean game about how they’re changing the world, catering to customer demands, delivering bold new user experiences.And why not? It’s easy. Such claims rarely are held accountable. They’re easy to twist into whatever direction is…

  5. TechFest 2013: The Home Version 

    March 6, 2013

    Posted by Rob Knies Perhaps you’re engrossed in the ongoing enthusiasm and enlightenment that is TechFest 2013, but, for whatever reason, you aren’t able to participate in person. Never fear—we are delighted to offer you the next best thing to being here.Presenting the TechFest 2013…

  6. PhD Fellow Revels in TechFest Experience 

    March 6, 2013

    Posted by Rob Knies Among the most engrossed attendees of the first day of TechFest 2013 had to be this year’s class of Microsoft Research PhD fellows, who received an invitation to the event by virtue of their selection to the program. The fellows are…

  7. A New, Addictive Way to Search 

    March 5, 2013

    Posted by Rob Knies For those who have upgraded to Windows 8, here’s a beguiling project featured during TechFest 2013. Called Making Smooth Topical Connections on Touch Devices, it offers an alternate, graphical way to mine, browse, and search through a database.The documents within the…

  8. Rashid: an Era of Data, Devices, and Services 

    March 5, 2013

    Posted by Rob Knies TechFest 2013 began promptly at 9 a.m. March 5 in the Kodiak Room of the Microsoft Conference Center with a keynote address by Rick Rashid, Microsoft chief research officer and head of Microsoft Research. Rashid discussed the present-day shift toward more…

  9. Machine Learning + Real-Time Data: Food for Thought 

    March 5, 2013

    Posted by Rob Knies Welcome to TechFest 2013, Microsoft Research’s annual tech showcase featuring many new, fascinating projects that point toward the future of computing.Over the next couple of days, we’ll be shining a light on some of the high-profile projects being shown during the…

  10. Wing Surveys Her New Opportunity 

    February 28, 2013

    By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research When Jeannette Wing joined Microsoft Research in January 2013 as a Microsoft vice president and head of Microsoft Research International, in charge of Microsoft Research’s non-U.S. labs, she brought with her a sterling set of credentials. She had…

  11. Image Debugging for Visual Studio 

    February 27, 2013

    Posted by Rob Knies Setting an objective is often the first step to achieving it. Case in point: Image Watch.Image Watch is a Visual Studio 2012 plug-in from the Interactive Visual Media (IVM) group at Microsoft Research Redmond. The tool enables anyone building image-processing applications…

  12. Computing Research and Education: Microsoft Discusses Investments in the Future 

    February 18, 2013

    Posted by Elizabeth Grossman, Technology Policy Group, Microsoft Many of the amazing capabilities of technology today are made possible by research done years ago, and innovations and impact sometimes result from unexpected combinations and outcomes at unexpected times. One example is Kinect for Xbox 360,…

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